Who Is Jeff Bezos?

Jeff Bezos was born on September 19, 1964, in Seattle, Washington, United States. He grew up in a working-class family and developed an interest in computers at a young age.

Bezos attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Economics. He later pursued a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of London.

In 1994, Bezos founded Amazon as a small online bookstore in Seattle. Initially, the company started as an online marketplace for books, which eventually expanded into a broad range of products and services.

• 1994: Founded Amazon
• 2000: Launched Amazon.com
• 2006: Acquired Whole Foods Market
• 2009: Entered the mobile market by launching Kindle
• 2018: Acquired Twitch TV
• 2020: Acquired WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger